Hi Rob Check out the Durham Registration Dept, which has most County Durham Civil Registration marriages (and certainly covers Benfieldside): http://www.durham.gov.uk/DurhamCC/usp.nsf/pws/Registrar+-+purchase+of+regist ration+certificates Regards Mike _________________________________________________ I use LEGACY Family History software. This highly acclaimed genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=3AEDrIi > I still haven't been able to find Dorothy WAUGH and John ARMSTRONG's > marriage. According to Dorothy's death certificate from Australia, they > were married in Durham. Their first children (Elizabeth and Thomas, > twins) were born in May 1848 in Benfieldside, Durham Northern, which you > probably all remember. It's my guess Dorothy and John were married > somewhere close to Benfieldside, although where is a mystery. > > I know there are various marriage indexes transcribed by various people > and/or organisations, but they all seem only to cover up to 1837. Does > anyone know of any that cover up to 1850 for Co Durham please? > > It's also a distinct possibility they were married in the same church > Elizabeth and Thomas were baptised at, is anyone able to do a lookup there > for me please? I'm at my wits' end trying to figure out how to find their > marriage and with limited income I don't have many options! :( > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany, > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com

Hi Mike :) "Check out the Durham Registration Dept, which has most County Durham Civil Registration marriages (and certainly covers Benfieldside):" We've tried every possible site on the net that lists marriages for Durham areas and so far we've found nothing! :( A lot of sites haven't got complete records or she simply isn't showing up. I've thought in the past that perhaps she married once before and used her married name and Susan has suggested the same thing, so perhaps this is why we're not finding her. With her children's births in her maiden name, however, it's making it very hard to find her!! The only way I can think of to find her is to search the actual parish registers, particularly where Elizabeth and Thomas were baptised, and see if she appears under a different surname. I don't know how hard or easy that will be but if it's a hard job to do I simply can't afford to pay a researcher to do it for me! I guess this is one marriage I'm not going to find, which means I have no way of going back any further with John Armstrong!! :((( Thanks for your help Mike, I'll definitely keep trying this and other sites in the hope that one day all the records will be online and I'll find her! :D Take care, Rob.